Latest Blog Posts for FI Journey

Many people who want financial freedom do some crazy things. They play the lotto every week, pouring their money down the drain. They take stock tips from their brother-in-law that go south real quick, right after they invest their holiday bonus into...

So here I am, in the middle of March 2015. A consultant. President of my own IT consulting company. I spent well over a year preparing for this, and much more time than that trying to make this a possibility. After all, I wasn’t planning to st...

It’s done. Finished. Over with. Gone. Four years after setting out to eliminate our mortgage and create flexibility in our lives, we’ve accomplished our goal! This was the very last of our debt, so we are officially debt-free now (well, t...

A few days ago I looked around at my life and thought “Boy, I cannot wait until next year.” Often, at this point in the fall, that’s what I’m saying about my beloved Gamecocks football team, but in this instance I was referrin...

It’s September everyone! Wowee, are the weeks flying by right now or what? I hope you all enjoyed your summer and that your football team started the season off better than mine has… The big news around my house is that my newborn daughte...

By Jennifer Riner of Zillow Today’s rental market is extremely competitive, giving property managers and investment proprietors the ability to price their units high – sometimes above estimated market value. Renters in New York and San Francisco,...

By Jennifer Riner of Zillow Today’s rental market is extremely competitive, giving property managers and investment proprietors the ability to price their units high – sometimes above estimated market value. Renters in New York and San Francisco,...

Here we are, almost through the summer. I hope yours is going well. Mine is sliding by in kind of a blur with two side jobs and a newborn in the house, there’s not a ton of sleep to be had, but we are marching steadily towards the end of our mo...

Here we are, almost through the summer. I hope yours is going well. Mine is sliding by in kind of a blur with two side jobs and a newborn in the house, there’s not a ton of sleep to be had, but we are marching steadily towards the end of our mo...

I’ll never forget the day my dad stared off into space in our back yard and told me “Son, I wish I didn’t own so much stuff.” I was around 16 years old, I’d guess. My dad proceeded to list all the areas of his life wher...